Attorney: Settlement near in '64 slayings

12:24 AM,
Jun. 15, 2010

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A landmark lawsuit against Franklin County filed by families of two black teens killed by Klansmen in 1964 is near a settlement.

"The parties went in before a magistrate (judge) on Wednesday and have almost reached an agreement on the matter," said Margaret Burnham, director of Northeastern University's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Program and one of several attorneys for the families. "A decision has to be made by the (Franklin County) Board of Supervisors to accept terms. They meet again June 21."